Confucius Institute Image Gallery - 2009

The Confucius Institute co-hosted its first conference in collaboration with the New South Wales Department of Education and Training (NSW DET). Entitled ‘Teaching Chinese in the 21st Century’ the conference was attended by over 70 teachers from across New South Wales.

The Institute hosted a discussion forum with award-winning artist Guan Wei. The discussion panel included a prominent arts critic and well-known Asian arts scholars, who discussed the Australian and Chinese cultural influences in Guan Wei’s artwork.

The Confucius Institute celebrated its first anniversary and marked the occasion with a special event attended by 60 representatives from government and cultural organisations, university academics and Confucius Institute students, media and the Chinese community.

In this lecture, Dr Lily Lee, specialist in Chinese women’s history from the University of Sydney, provided insight into the everyday life of women along the Silk Road depicted in artworks and archaeological findings.